Canada third-highest in post-surgical 'foreign bodies'

Canada third-highest in post-surgical 'foreign bodies':

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Canadians scheduled to go under the knife take note: Canada has the third-highest incidence of "foreign bodies" being left inside patients after surgeons sew them up, according to an international report card that compares health-care systems in developed countries.

Surgical teams across Canada need to do a better job of implementing existing safety procedures, said Brenda Tipper, from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Switzerland came in first for having the most foreign bodies left in patients and Australia was second.